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All posts tagged "ballet"
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488FeaturedNutcracker pointe shoe survival guide
The cadenzas of the harps, the scamper of tiny mice feet and the smell of rosin mixed with grease paint – you...
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324ReviewsWoman in Motion presents strong female voices in Season 2
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.July 8, 2023. Woman in Motion (WIM), an all-female project-based dance company based in NYC, held its...
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1.2KDance Studio OwnerKeeping dancers safe and strong: Stagestep’s new Pulse flooring system
Injury: if you’re a dancer, you might groan at the mere thought of it. Injuries can set dancers back in their technique,...
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556Feature ArticlesWhere Prix winners go after winning gold, with So Dancer Daniel Ayala
Back in 2020, Dance Informa talked with Columbian ballet dancer Daniel Ayala about top U.S. pre-professional training programs and the scholarships he received to… well… just about all of them....
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1.1KFeature ArticlesBallet Hispánico celebrates Latinx voices in New York City Center season
On June 1-3, the nation’s largest Latinx cultural organization, Ballet Hispánico, will return to New York City Center. Dedicated to uplifting and...
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675Feature ArticlesCleveland Ballet: Learning from the past, leaning into the present and inspiring the future of ballet
Cleveland Ballet has a rich and vibrant history spanning nearly 100 years. In 2014, the company was reborn under the leadership of...
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5.2KFeature ArticlesNashville Ballet announces 2023-24 season with new artistic director
Ahead of the company’s final performance of the 2022-23 season, Nashville Ballet’s incoming Artistic Director, Nick Mullikin, has announced a blockbuster 2023-24...
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342Feature ArticlesEthan Stiefel brings American Repertory Ballet to NYC for the first time
American Repertory Ballet (ARB) returns to Hunter College’s Kaye Playhouse with its popular and dynamic triple bill, Movin’ + Groovin’, on Saturday,...
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515Feature ArticlesAvant Chamber Ballet presents ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Dallas’ Avant Chamber Ballet goes down the rabbit hole again with the smash-hit of Alice in Wonderland created by choreographer and director Katie...
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666Feature ArticlesAlexei Ratmansky to join New York City Ballet as Artist in Residence
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan have announced that Alexei Ratmansky, widely considered...
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603Top StoriesNew York City Ballet announces 2023 Winter Season
New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2023 Winter Season will open on Tuesday, January 17, with an all-Balanchine program consisting of Donizetti Variations,...
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630InterviewsNatalia Osipova’s ‘Force of Nature’ to have New York City premiere
Natalia Osipova is one of the most celebrated ballerinas of the modern age. With reviewers calling her “astonishing,” “a supernatural tour de...
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804Feature ArticlesWhy I wear Só Dança
We all have a favorite food, a favorite hoodie, a favorite TV show, a favorite song. We find comfort in these favorite...
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796Feature ArticlesHelgi Tomasson’s farewell season with San Francisco Ballet concludes with ‘Swan Lake’
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) will close Helgi Tomasson’s 37th and final season as Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer with Swan Lake, opening April...
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1.4KFeature ArticlesNew York City Ballet 2022 Spring Season opens April 19
New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2022 Spring Season will open on Tuesday, April 19, with a program featuring two works by the...
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668ReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘ChoreograpHER’: Steps toward change
CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 6, 2022. “Actions speak louder than words,” goes the old saying. In recent years the world has...
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1.1KReviewsFestival Ballet Providence’s ‘Up Close on Hope’ and ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’: Dance bringing hope far and wide
Festival Ballet Providence’s Black Box Theater, Providence, RI.February 13, 2022. Lord knows that we could all use a little hope these days....
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1.0KFeature ArticlesSkylar Brandt twirls down under in Australia’s Ballet International Gala
Over the past few weeks, Australia’s long-awaited Ballet International Gala (BIG) event brought in world-class dancers from some of the globe’s most...
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1.0KFeature ArticlesNew York City Ballet 2022 Winter Season to open January 27
New York City Ballet (NYCB) has announced that it is postponing the start of its 2022 Winter Season at Lincoln Center for...
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1.2KFeature ArticlesABT’s new children’s book ‘My Daddy Can Fly’
We ask kids, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Often, they want the jobs their parents have: “My...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesBoston Ballet launches online content hub ÜNI
Boston Ballet gave birth to its latest creative venture recently with the launch of ÜNI, an online performance content hub, free to all....
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1.6KFeature ArticlesBrooklyn Ballet puts culture and diversity center stage with ‘The Brooklyn Nutcracker’
Brooklyn Ballet, a unique and interdisciplinary dance company rooted in the classical idiom, presents two performances of The Brooklyn Nutcracker, at the majestic Kings Theatre in Flatbush,...
